Es

¹ American  

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. einsteinium.

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-es ² American  

1. a plural suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek.

   Hyades.

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-es ³ American  

1. variant of -s in verbs ending in s, z, ch, sh, or post-consonantal y: passes; buzzes; pitches; dashes; studies.

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-es ⁴ American  

1. variant of -s in nouns ending in s, z, ch, sh, or post-consonantal y, and in nouns ending in f with v in the plural: losses; fuzzes; riches; ashes; babies; sheaves.

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E.S. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Education Specialist.

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-es ¹ British  

suffix

1. for nouns ending in ch, s, sh, z, postconsonantal y, for some nouns ending in a vowel, and nouns in f with v in the plural, a variant of -s 1

   ashes

   heroes

   calves

2. for verbs ending in ch, s, sh, z, postconsonantal y, or a vowel, a variant of -s 1

   preaches

   steadies

   echoes

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ES ² British  

abbreviation

1. El Salvador (international car registration)

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Es ³ British  

symbol

1. einsteinium

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es ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. Spain

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Etymology

Origin of -es

From the Greek suffix -es

Example Sentences

Big tech players have pledged billions to its development, putting “hyperscalers under siege as AI spending eats all the cash flow; turning to debt weighs on their P/Es,” he writes.

From Barron's

On Sunday morning internal health service communications went out across Kent and Medway informing services of the outbreak, so NHS 111, local A&Es and GPs were on alert for cases.

From BBC

Despite some high P/Es, the stories are different for each company.

From MarketWatch

Stocks whose P/Es had increased recently often delivered better-than-expected earnings, while stocks whose ratios had fallen tended to miss.

From Barron's

Western Digital and Seagate trade at P/Es in the low 20s, still a slight discount to the market, despite forecasts for rapturous earnings growth.

From Barron's